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Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu Opioid Crisis Limited Series ‘Dopesick’

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeter Sarsgaard has joined the upcoming Hulu drama series “Dopesick” in a series regular role.The series looks into the epicenter of America’s struggle with Opioid addiction, taking viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of “one percenter” Big Pharma Manhattan.

The eight-episode limited series is based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by Beth Macy.Sarsgaard will play Rick Mountcastle, an Assistant US Attorney prosecuting the Purdue Pharma case.

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